Soupy Sales
Born
January 28, 1926
Died
October 22, 2009 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Franklinton, North Carolina, USA
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio/television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show Lunch with Soupy Sales, a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975 he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York City.
Sales is best known for his daily children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales. The show was originally called 12 O'Clock Comics, and was later known as The Soupy Sales Show. Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of comedy sketches, gags, and puns, almost all of which resulted in Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. Sales developed pie-throwing into an art form: straight to the face, on top of the head, a pie to both ears from behind, moving into a stationary pie, and countless other variations. He claimed that he and his visitors had been hit by more than 20,000 pies during his career. He recounted a time when a young fan mistakenly threw a frozen pie at his neck and he "dropped like a pile of bricks."
Known For
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2016
Black Scorpion Returns
Sonny Dey / Professor Prophet
2001
Behind the Seams
Doorman
2000
A Little Bit of Lipstck
Max
2000
Palmer's Pick-Up
Ernie Bolza
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Moses
1994
Boy Meets World
Mr. Martini · (1 episode)
1993
Wings
(1 episode)
1990
True Blue
(1 episode)
1989
Monsters
(1 episode)
1988
Saturday Supercade
Donkey Kong (voice) · (32 episodes)
1983
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (voice) · (20 episodes)
1983
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Santola
1977
The Love Boat
Victor Marshall · (1 episode)
1977
Love, American Style
(2 episodes)
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
Self · (1 episode)
1969
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1967
Bill's Hat
1967
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Birds Do It
Melvin Byrd
1966
The Dean Martin Show
(1 episode)
1965
Hullabaloo
Self · (1 episode)
1965
Hullabaloo
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1965
The Hollywood Palace
Self · (1 episode)
1964
The Judy Garland Show
Self · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Henry Geller · (1 episode)
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Fireman Smokey · (1 episode)
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Fred Brady · (1 episode)
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (3 episodes)
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
(2 episodes)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (6 episodes)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1961
The Two Little Bears
Officer McGovern
1961
Route 66
(1 episode)
1960
The Rebel
Stable Owner · (1 episode)
1959
The Rebel
Meyers · (1 episode)
1959
Hennesey
(1 episode)
1959
Kraft Music Hall
Self · (1 episode)
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host · (2 episodes)
1957
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (3 episodes)
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1948